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By Katie Bahr
Lucas Gallegos, a parishioner of St. John the Beloved Church in McLean, can still remember the first time he saw his wife of 70 years. As children living in Albuquerque, N.M., their two families knew each other. When Lucas met his future wife in 1928, Earlene was only 4 years old. More than a decade […]
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By Katie Bahr
A large parish in the Archdiocese of Piura in Peru, Santisimo Sacramento serves 40,000 Catholics in Piura and its surrounding villages. The parish, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, is located approximately 600 miles north of Lima in an area that is very poor, with more than 40 percent unemployment. Father Joseph Uhen has […]
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By Dave Borowski
Several weeks ago Pat Brown, 82, was sitting in her Fairfax Station home reading in the Catholic Herald about the dedication of the new St. John the Apostle Church in Leesburg. “I looked at the first page and said, ‘Oh, a new church in Leesburg.’ I turned the page and my eye hit that altar,” […]
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By Katie Bahr
Recently, I spent a week at Santisimo Sacramento, a parish located in an impoverished section of Piura, Peru, about 600 miles north of Lima. I was there with a group of 18 other Catholic adults as part of a mission trip with Commissioned by Christ (CBC), a local organization that plans short-term Catholic mission trips […]
Schools
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Eight local Catholic schools will have new leaders at the helm this school year. New principals will guide seven diocesan schools – St. Luke and St. John in McLean; Queen of Apostles in Alexandria; Holy Family in Dale City; St. James and Corpus Christi in Falls Church; and St. Timothy in Chantilly – and a […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Two new chaplains will be on-hand to welcome high school students when classes begin Aug. 27. Father Michael J.R. Kelly, who spent two years as parochial vicar of St. Mary Church in Alexandria after his 2010 ordination, will replace Father J.D. Jaffe at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax. And Father Bjorn C. Lundberg, […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
A Mass celebrated by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde and a keynote talk by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia marked the start of the annual Diocesan Information Systems Conference Aug. 1, this year hosted by the Arlington Diocese at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel. With speakers, workshops and networking opportunities, the conference’s mission is to […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
Stephen R. Covey, author of Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, recently died of complications from a bicycle accident. He was 79. The first thing that popped into my mind when I heard the news was that he lived, he loved, he learned, and he left a legacy, just as he encouraged millions to do […]
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By Katie Bahr
Rachel Lustig is in an enviable position. At 34 years old, she has found a job that fits her perfectly – blending her Catholic faith and her love of service and social justice. Lustig, a parishioner of Our Lady, Queen of Peace Church in Arlington, is a senior vice president of mission and ministry for […]
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By Katie Bahr
Lito and Edith Urgino, parishioners of St. Louis Church in Alexandria, are on a mission to strengthen Catholic families around the country. In 2002, they were founding members of Families in Christ Jesus, a ministry that started at St. Louis and has since grown into a national organization spanning 11 states. “Our guiding motto is: […]
